Meaning: abdominocenteses

'æbdɑmɪnəʊsentɪ'zɪst /-dɒm-n.
centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis

cut off with a cent Idiom, Proverb

dead center

exact middle He was able to hit the target dead center.

left, right and centre

in every direction, everywhere There were soldiers everywhere - left, right and centre.

off-center

different from the usual pattern, not quite like most others, odd The picture was off-center and didn

pick up a trail/scent

recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal The tracking dogs were able to pick up the trail of the criminal easily.

red cent

the smallest coin, a trivial sum of money I wouldn't give a red cent for my neighbor's car.

right, left and center

(See left, right and centre)

the turn of the century

the beginning of a new century: the year 2000 By the turn of the century we will know the aliens who visit earth.

turn of the century

(See the turn of the century)

two cents

something not important or very small, almost nothing Although his stereo works well I wouldn

two cents worth

something one wants to say, opinion He is always talking and I never have a chance to put in my two cents worth.

cut off with a cent

dated cliché Intentionally afar or abandoned from someone's will or the affluence of one's family. Primarily heard in US. The adolescent entrepreneur, cut off with a cent, sailed to Europe to seek a new activity after the aid or access of his family. My ancestor never admired that I gave up anesthetic to become a writer, and so I was cut off with a cent back he died.Learn more: cent, cut, off

cut off with(out) a shilling/cent

Disinherited. To address a will abrogation addition aloof one shilling is agnate to actuality larboard nothing; after a shilling, of course, absolutely agency larboard nothing. The above is not aloof an insult. English law at one time appropriate that some bequeathal be fabricated so as to appearance that the disinheritance was intentional, and not an oversight. In America, “cent” was sometimes commissioned for “shilling.” A cliché back about 1800, the appellation is now dying out.Learn more: cent, cut, off, shilling

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twist someone around one twist/wrap someone around one twist your words twit two abreast two bits two can play that game two cents two cents worth two-cents' worth two-faced two-fisted attack two for one two heads are better than one two left feet two pee holes in the snow two's company (three's a crowd) cut it all off cut it close cut it fine cut it out Cut it out! cut it/things fine cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with (one) cut no ice with someone cut no ice, to cut nose off to spite face cut of (one's) jib cut of his/her jib, I don't like the cut of one's jib cut off cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face cut off at the pass cut off at the pass, to cut off from the (outside) world cut off nose to spite face cut off one's nose to spite one's face cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to cut off with a cent cut off with a shilling cut off with(out) a shilling/cent cut off without a penny cut off your nose to spite your face cut on cut one cut one another's throats cut one loose cut one’s losses cut one’s own throat cut one’s wolf loose cut one's eyeteeth cut one's losses cut one's teeth on cut one's teeth on, to cut oneself on cut out cut out for cut out for (someone or something) cut out for, to be cut out of cut out of whole cloth cut out to be cut out to be (something) cut school